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Our Principles

What's In A Name?

The origins of our name stem from our founding values to be rooted in community and belonging. We begin by listening. We believe that equity and inclusivity strengthen our communities, and we work to prioritize the participation of people who have traditionally been excluded and under-represented.

We strive to deeply contribute locally, nationally and globally by helping to develop the next generation of changemakers, social entrepreneurs and technologists. We do this by partnering with local organizations to provide mentorships, internships and employment opportunities to under-represented community members that continue on as team members at Rootid, or onto other personal and professional paths. Rootid also partners with nonprofit organizations and foundations to build the business, communications and technological capacity of smaller, growth-focused nonprofits through workshops, webinars and probono consultations.

As a communications agency, we strive to build long-term partnerships, grounded in core values and mission. Our focus is on collaboration—working together to strengthen your marketing and communication strategies to better attain your short and long-term goals.

As a distributed agency you can find Rootid team members in California, Wisconsin, Ohio, and New York.

Design mediates so much of our realities and has tremendous impact on our lives, yet very few of us participate in design processes. In particular, the people who are most adversely affected by design decisions — about visual culture, new technologies, the planning of our communities, or the structure of our political and economic systems — tend to have the least influence on those decisions and how they are made.